Pre-election mailing for March 2024 Primary on the way for Monterey County voters
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County voters can soon expect a pre-election mailing related to the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election.
The mailing, sent by the Monterey County Elections Department, is used to verify residential and mailing addresses. Instructions are included on the card. If...
SPCA brings mobile clinic for dogs in Gonzales
SPCA for Monterey County hosted a Spay/Neuter, Vaccination and Microchip Clinic in Gonzales on Sept. 30. The mobile clinic was held outside the Gonzales Police Department on Fourth Street. The appointment-only event provided spay/neuter and microchip services and rabies vaccinations for dogs 35 pounds...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Oct. 6, 2023
ARTIST ALLEY
SALINAS — Artists Ink and Co-Lab Studios are bringing the inaugural Artist Alley Block Party, an art festival to celebrate the arts, community and creativity, on Sunday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sherwood Park, famously known for its Hats...
Art and social justice intersect in ‘The Evolve Experience’
SALINAS — From 2016 to 2019, Portland’s Red Door Project toured a show called “Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments,” featuring monologues about the experiences of African Americans with the criminal justice system.
The stories performed were autobiographical accounts of actual experiences with racial profiling....
SPCA Monterey County issues hot weather advisory for pets
MONTEREY COUNTY — Temperatures in Monterey County are expected to be very hot today and through the next few days. SPCA Monterey County advises pet owners that high temperatures can be dangerous for pets, especially since pets are not acclimated to this sudden weather change.
Pets...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Oct. 5, 2023
ROAD PROJECT
PAICINES — A project to perform restoration on the curve alignment along State Route 25 is continuing from just north of the San Benito Lateral to two miles south of State Route 146 near Pinnacles National Park until the end of October. Travelers...
Greenfield PD highlights Mobile Crisis Team
GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department is shining a light on its active partnership with Monterey County Behavioral Health, a collaboration dedicated to supporting the community’s mental well-being.
The department’s Mobile Crisis Team includes not only officers trained in crisis intervention, but also Maria Guerrero, a...
CSUMB institute to target entrepreneurs in South Monterey County
SALINAS VALLEY — California State University Monterey Bay’s Institute for Innovation and Economic Development (iiED) has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco 2023 AHEAD program.
The iiED’s proposal, which specifically targeted potential entrepreneurs from underserved and isolated...
Happening today: Nationwide emergency alert test to sound on all cell phones, TVs and radios
UNITED STATES — At 11:20 a.m. today, Oct. 4, anyone with a cell phone can expect an emergency alert from the U.S. federal government.
The alert is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission.
The national...
Registration to close soon for Regional Broadband Summit
SEASIDE — Join Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) on Tuesday, Oct. 3, for its highly anticipated Regional Broadband Summit, to take place from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at California State University Monterey Bay’s University Center in Seaside.
This regional event will unveil MBEP’s comprehensive White...
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Gonzales Police Department receives traffic safety grant
GONZALES — Gonzales Police Department has received a $30,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,...
